Shoe-sole



Patented May 30, I899.

C. H. WILEY.

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(Application filed June 10, 1896.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. Y

CLARENCE H. WILEY, OFI'IARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

SHOE-SOLE.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,821, dated May30, 1899.

Application filed June 10,1396;

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLARENCE H. WILEY,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident,

of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Soles,

of which the following is a full, clear,- and exact description, wherebyany one skilled in in light house slippers or shoes; and the object ofmy invention is to provide a sole of this class that may be cheaply. andquickly constructed, with ready means for enabling the ordinarypurchaser to easily unite the'upper to the sole in a secure manner, asby means of stitching, the sole as a whole presenting a neat, tasteful,and finished appearance.

To this end my invention consists in the de tails of the several partsmaking'up the sole as a whole and in the combination of such parts, ashereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.7 Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a to or plan view of myimprovedshoe-sole. Fig. 2 is a detail view, in vertical cr0ss-section, throughthe sole. Fig. 3 is a like view showing a portion of the upper attachedthereto.

Fig. L is a detail view, on enlarged scale, of

a portion of the sole, showing the manner of attaching the upperthereto. Fig. 5 is adetail View showing a portion of a row of stitchingto which the upper may be secured.

. In the accompanying drawings the letter a denotes a sole made fromleather or any other strong and flexible material and having aback-turned portion a overlapping an inner or stiffening layer b.

The main sole is provided with a row of stitches 0, extending completelyaround the sole,.parallel to and a slight distance from the upper edgethereof. This row of stitching is in the form of a chain stitchextending through the sole and so formed as to present a considerablethickness of stitchlying above the upper surface of the sole,"and, infact, of a thickness equal to or greater than the thickness of thefleece-lined sole d. The preferred form of stitching is one representinga braided cord, the threads forming the stitch being passed through thesubstance of the sole at slight in tion a of the sole.

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tervals for the purpose of securing the stitch in'place thereon.

The fleece-lined sole d is secured to the sole in any desired manner andwith its edges overlapping the edge of the back-turned por- The edge ofthis fleecelined sole lies close to the row of stitching, the latterforming a protection for the edge This corded stitch, with thefleece-lined sole lying closely against it, pre sents a neat andfinished appearance, the stitch, in fact, from its peculiar formslightly overlying the edge of the fleece-lined sole. The form of stitchas represented herein is merelyfor the purpose of illustrating theinvention, and I do not limit myself to any particular form of stitch,as any stitch having its greater part located above the upper surface ofthat part of the sole to which it is secured and presenting aconsiderable thickness will come within the scope of my invenarrangementof the several strands of the stitch above the surface of the sole towhich this upper is secured forming a ready means to which thestitchesused as the attaching means for the upper may be quickly andreadily secured, in which operation the attaching-threadwill in nearlyevery instance pass under two or more threads, whereby an extremelysecure fastening means is obtained.

I claim as my invention- 1. As a new article of manufacture afleecelined sole for house slippers or shoes consisting of an outersole-piece and a stiffening layer 1) of smaller size than the outersolepiece, the latter being provided with a row of chain-stitches nearto and parallel with its edge, the stitched portion of the sole-piecebeing folded over the edge of the stiffener layer with the projectingridge of the stitches extending from the upper face thereof near theedge, and .a fleece lining 61 secured to the upper face of the sole withits edges overlapping the overturned portion of the outer solepiece andhaving its edge lying close to the said projecting ridge of stitches bywhich it is hidden and protected, substantially as set forth.

2. A fleece-lined sole forhouse-slippers consisting of an outer or mainsole a provided with a line of stitches extending around it a shortdistance back from its edge, a stiffenerpiece I) securely fastened toone face of the said outer sole-piece, the edge of the outer 10 and aninner fleece-lined sole (1 secured to the upper face of thestiffener-piece and having its edge overlapping the inturned edges ofthe main sole-piece a and lying wholly Within the line of stitches,substantially as set forth.

CLARENCE H. WVILEY.

\Vitnesses:

ARTHUR B. JENKINS, J. STERN.

